Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
01456-476296;
www.bcclochnesshostel.co.uk
; Glen Urquhart; s/d £25/45; )
Clean, modern, high-quality budget accommodation located halfway between Cannich
and Loch Ness; advance booking recommended.
Cannich Caravan Park£
(
01456-415364;
www.highlandcamping.co.uk
;
sites per person £6, pods per person
£13, plus per car £1; )
Good, sheltered site, with option of wooden camping 'pods'.
Mountain bikes for hire at £17 a day.
CAMPSITE
Glen Affric Bar£
(Cannich; mains £6-9; 11am-11pm; )
This is a friendly hill-walkers' pub (walking
guides are scattered around the place) serving cappuccino and bar meals as well as An
Teallach real ale; it also has the only ATM for miles around.
PUB
Getting There & Away
Stagecoach (
Click here
)
bus 17 runs from Inverness to Cannich (one hour, three a day
Monday to Saturday) via Drumnadrochit; there are also three buses a day (except Sunday)
from Cannich to Tomich (10 minutes).
Ross's Minibuses
(
www.ross-minibuses.co.uk
)
Operates a service from Inverness to the
Glen Affric car park via Drumnadrochit and Cannich (1½ hours, once daily Monday,
Wednesday and Friday only, July and August). It shuttles between Cannich and Glen Af-
fric (30 minutes) twice more on the same days. Check the website for the latest timetables.
Black Isle
The Black Isle - a peninsula rather than an island - is linked to Inverness by the Kessock
Bridge.
Getting There & Away
Stagecoach (
Click here
)
buses 26 and 26A run from Inverness to Fortrose and Rose-
markie (30 to 40 minutes, twice hourly Monday to Saturday); half of them continue to
Cromarty (one hour).
